Acrobats

Sunset on a warm summer evening. We looked out over the fields to the sunset above the forest on the hill, sipping earl grey tea. Inevitably we had to come inside, as we lost the warmth of the sun, but left the door open. The house was still hot. The bat just flew in. Once in the confined space and speed of the bat made for a frenetic, spine tingling display. My friend screamed "bird" in English. "Nej. Fledermuss", my bad Swedish for bat. Then the cat acted and that was really spectacular. He launched himself not at the bat but at the sofa, using it as a springboard to run up the wall, summer salting backwards over the bat. Twisting he tried to snag the bat, missing by a foot or so (30cm). His immediate second attempt up the other wall, over, sumersalting, two paws working indepenantly, narowly missed this time. The cat was impressive. The bat had now mapped the space including the two of us as bollards in the centre. It's 90% turns in the horizontal and vertical breathtaking. There is something other about bats. Also cats now that I think about it. Did anyone ever see this before? It seems unique. The bat did the only sensible thing. Using it's wonderful sonar. It left.